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65% of Buzzfeed’s viral articles are listicles

65% of Buzzfeed’s viral articles are listicles

List posts are inherently shareable and are typically quick and easy to read or scan over.

Does it mean that listicles are the magic bullet for viral success? Of course not. 

It does serve as a reminder that catchy headlines get clicks and easily scannable content is ideal for the web.

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The average headline length of a Buzzfeed article is 10.47 words and 59.28 characters

The average headline length of a Buzzfeed article is 10.47 words and 59.28 characters

At Buzzfeed, the average headline of a viral post is right around 10 words and just under 60 characters.

There is some importance to those numbers. At 59 characters, the title won’t get cut off in search engine results (Google typically cuts off titles that are longer than 70 characters) an...

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The Magic Formula

The Magic Formula

  • Readability - While Buzzfeed does actually offer some in-depth, quality journalism, the site is widely known for its easy-to-digest “clickbait” style content.
  • Headline style - A great article may never get read if it has a terrible headline. Converse...

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Buzzfeed keeps its articles short and easy to read

Buzzfeed keeps its articles short and easy to read

The average Buzzfeed article we analyzed was just 155 words long.

To put that into context, the average 3rd grade student can read 150 words per minute. An 8th grade student can read 250 words per minute.

In other words, Buzzfeed’s articles are designed so you can read them quickly an...

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The average Buzzfeed article is written at a 4th grade reading level

The average Buzzfeed article is written at a 4th grade reading level

Despite its push in recent years to move beyond listicles featuring cute cat pictures and 90s nostalgia and into legitimate journalism, Buzzfeed’s most popular articles are still mostly written at a level that a 9-year-old can easily understand them.

For comparison, both Huffington Post and...

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Generalist. Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.

Buzzfeed clearly has a formula which they follow that helps their articles get more social media shares, more traffic, and more buzz.

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